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AGARICUS. 



Flammula. Name — decipio, to deceive. From its likeness to A. carbonarius. Worth, 

 Sjnith in Journ. Bot. 1869, t. 95./ 5-8. B. b^ Br. n. 1241. C. Hbk. n. 348. 

 Illust. PI. 438. B. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. '2i,<^. 



11. — LuBRici. Pileiis covered with a viscous pellicle, dr^c. 



593. A. lentus Pers.— Pileus 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) broad, /^Z^- 

 ivhitisli, disc often clay-colour, tleshy, convex then plane, obtuse, 

 even, smooth, but very glutinous in wet weather; flesh of the 

 same colour. Stem 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) long, 4-6 mm. (2-3 lin.) 

 thick, soiueivhat stuffed, tough, equal, often viscid, whitish or 

 becoming light yellow and villous at the base, clothed withy7^^- 

 cose white reflexed scales. Gills adnate, decurrent with a tooth, 

 crowded, 2-4 mm. (1-2 lin.) broad, whitish, at length stained with 

 the ferruginous spores. 



Gregarious or somewhat crespitose. In winter the pileus varies livid. At 

 first it is sprinkled with separating scales. 



In mixed woods, chiefly beech and oak. Frequent. Sept.-Dec. 



I suspect this and A. [Heheloma] gliitijiosus are one species. On examining 

 the spores of a large number of specimens, growing at the same time within a 

 limited area, I found the spores shading from the clay-colour of Hebeloma to 

 the brighter colour of Flammula. The gills also were very sinuato-adnexed 

 in younger specimens, and decurrent with a tooth when older. According to 

 Fries it is found chiefly among beech-leaves, rarely on wood. Berkeley gives 

 its habitat on stumps. I have found it both on the ground and on wood. 

 Spores ellipsoid, 6-7x3-4 mk. K. Name — Icutus, tough, pliant. Pers. Syn. 

 p. 257. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 352. Hym. Eur. p. 246. Berk. Out. p. 158. C. 

 Hbk. n. 341. Illust. PL 439, 440. 5. Mycol. Scot. n. 317. 



594. A. lubricus Fr. — Pileus 5-10 cent. (2-4 in.) broad, brick- 

 red-tawny or bright cinnamon, tough, fleshy, convex then flat- 

 tened, obtuse, occasionally depressed and repand, even, smooth, 

 viscous, thin towards the even margin ; flesh white. Stem 5-10 

 cent. (2-4 in.) long, 6-10 mm. (3-5 lin.) thick, solid, equal or 

 slightly attenuated upwards, dry, laxly fibrillose, whitish, at length 

 becoming fuscous, pubescent at the base. Gills adnate, some- 

 what decurrent, crowded, 6 mm. (3 lin.) broad, pallid then clay- 

 colour. 



Spores ferruginous. It varies larger, the pileus spotted with glued-down 

 scales, &c. Sometimes pallid with the disc tawny. Scarcely strong-smelling. 

 Very much allied to A. lentus. 



On trunks. Tunbridge Wells. Autumn. 



Name — lubricus, slimy. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 352. Hym. Eur. p. 246. Icon, 

 t. T16./; I. B. 5f Br. 71. 1245. 



595. A. lupinus Fr. — Pileus 7.5-10 cent. (3-4 in.) broad, like a 

 smooth sugared cake or tan-fuscous, fleshy, convex and obtuse 



